remote viewing of security camera dvr or What is Port Forwarding?

by jackson
(college-station, tx USA)

Question:

hi peter,on my samsung smt 190dn i can't seem to figure out the remote viewing. i've watched tutorial videos for remote viewing and tried everything for the past 3 hours and still cant figure it out.i'm wondering if it has anything to do with my router...i have suddenlink high speed internet and the cable compandy supplied me with the router and it is both a cable modem and wireless router.it is the SMC 8014WN WAN/LANi would greatly appreciate some help, thanks

Answer:

The short answer is Port Forwarding. That is basically opening up a port on our router that will allow to to access your DVR remotely.